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Washington (Platts) -- 19Nov2008 -- US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman said Wednesday that he expects continued price volatility in global oil markets for years to come. "I think the likelihood is that we're going to see a lot of...

Washington (Platts) -- 19Nov2008 -- US President-elect Barack Obama named a host of key advisers Wednesday, including the person who will be charged with developing his major energy and environmental policies. Carol Browner, who ran...

London (Platts) -- 19Nov2008 -- European naphtha prices have recovered modestly this week, with naphtha crack spreads against North Sea Brent crude rising back above minus $20/barrel as the US draws material from the prompt market, helping...

Rio de Janeiro (Platts) -- 19Nov2008 -- Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras said its new business plan, which it will announce at year-end, will prioritize tapping the country's light oil and natural gas--a shift from the traditional strategy...

... am wondering if all the people bleating on here have taken shares in Gore's Emission Trading Scheme companies. I have yet to be convinced about all the hype being spread ...

Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell 77 cents to settle at $53.62 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell 77 cents to settle at $53.62 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

(Adds speech, Liberals pledging not to topple government) OTTAWA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Canada pledged new aid to its ailing auto sector on Wednesday and, in ...

... new area involves linking projects to regulatory regimes to take advantage of incentives, particularly carbon credits, Mr. Tingey notes. "The most obvious opportunities relate to the accumulation and sale of ...

London (Platts) -- 19Nov2008 -- European naphtha prices have recovered modestly this week, with naphtha crack spreads against North Sea Brent crude rising back above minus $20/barrel as the US draws material from the prompt market, helping...

The company's shares, worth $300 six months ago, have been dragged down to the low $100s, with help from an analyst's note.

... state privatization agency. Similarly, Ukraine today sits on over seven billion euros worth of carbon credits created under the terms of the Kyoto Protocol. These credits could be sold to ...

... buyer of forest sink credits and a seller of secondary CERs, which are high-quality carbon credits generated by United Nations-approved climate-friendly projects in developing countries. ...

For someone who is hostile to consumption, I have, well, a lot of stuff.

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... based on BPI's existing coalbed methane production. Blue Source LLC, an aggregator of carbon-based carbon credits, would then market the credits for the benefit of BPI. The company's shares last ...

Aukland (Platts) -- 19Nov2008 -- Australian exploration and production junior Central Petroleum said Wednesday it found coal intersections in each of its two discovery wells in Northern Territory exploration permit 93 that could be commercialized...

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... for energy-intensive business / Aviation Directive officially signed today T he Directive on Aviation Emission Trading was officially signed in Strasbourg today. Airlines will have to reduce CO2 emissions or ...

... offset the impact of private jet emissions by contributing to numerous Eco-Wise projects through carbon credits. By collaborating with Carbonfund.org's Carbon Free Partner program, SK Jets has joined a national ...

... entity focused on controlling the use of carbon credit trading to stop deforestation could be in ... and send prices at the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) tumbling. Peter Zapfel from Environment ...